Book container for packaged foodstuffs



- May 1', 1923.

J. HOR AN v 7 BOOK CONTAINER FOR PACKAGED FOODSTUFF'S Filed Dec. 2, 1921 Patented May 1, 1923, i i I I UNITED, STAT PATENT Em mammal-130mm, or nEWY'onx, N. Y. Boo]; CONTAINER non PACKAGED roonsrurrs.

Application filed December 2,1921, "Serial 1101519337. v I To all whom may concern: I the container being indicated at lO, and the v Be it-knownthat I, JEREMIAH 'HORAN, top and bottom walls at 11 and 12 respeccitizen of the United States, residing at tlvely. The container has a fixed rear end NewYork, inthe county of New York and wall 13 and a movable front end wall 14,

State of'NewY ork, have invented certain to which latter further reference will be new-and useful Improvements in Book Con- {presently made. The side walls 10 project tainers "for Packaged Foodstuffs, of which vertically beyond the top wall 11, preserv thefollowing isaspecification. ing-the book-like form and=also acting as This invention relates to acontainerfor ashieldfo-r the'door operating means.- The packaged foodstuffs, such as cereals, 'havend wall 13"is rounded asfshown', and may ingmore particular reference to a container be formed with ribs l5 such as are common of book-like form in which cartons of varion leather bound books, whilethe'side walls-J 011s sizes canbe readily fitted, in a manner lO'may have triangular projections-16 such; for convenient dischargeof the material as are'found in books.' 7 therein,- the present invention being an im- Just inside the curved rear wall l3 is provement-over one disclosed in a previous a straight transverse partition 18f against; 1

patent application filed by me on July 21, whichlthe carton abuts, a full carton-being" 1921 under Serial"Number 486,456.] 1 shown at 19in position'in the container, the

The present invention has for an object carton having one edge out off to provide 7 U to generally improve -1;hecontainer,- and an opening 20 through which the food is more specifically to provide improved means removed.-

for- 'holdin tdiflerent sized cartons in proper 'To provide fordischarge of the material I A relation to the mouth of the container, and. from the container the latter is provided atv foroperating the door closing themouth-of its pper rear edge with an; inclined, or I the container. diagonal, discharge opening withwhichthe tainer.

' For further comprehension of the inven-- opening in-the carton registers when the tlon, --and-' of the objects and advantages lattenis in position in the container; Thev thereof, reference will be had to thefollowopening in the container isclosed by a cap ingdescription and accompanying draw- 22 which is of'triangular form as'seen in ings, andlto'the appended claims in which side view, being shaped to pres'ervefthe" the='various' novel features ,f the invention book like appearance of the container are more particularly'set forth. -This can 22 is fixed at one edge, to a V Fig. li'ofthe drawings is a perspective pintle 23 extending transversely of the top view of my improved book-shaped con- 11, onwhichit is rotatably mounted."v The I pintle '23 has a crank element124-formed Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional midway of its ends which'is engaged by. view thereof, this view being taken along the rear end of a bar 25 slidable longitudithe line- 22--of Fig. 3. nally on the container top "11 and provided Fig. 3 is a transverse verticalsection of at its forward end with an upstandin the' 'container taken along the line '33 of [thumb-piece 26, This bar 25 is adapted? to 1 f open thecap 22 against the tension of springs -Fi'g. 4 is a horizontal sectional view-taken 27 surrounding the pintle23 and urging the along'the line 44 of Fig.2. 4 cap to closed position. To provide "for Fig.- 5is an enlarged fragmentary vertiholding'the cap 22 in opened position the 1 cal'section, takenon' the line 5--5 of Fig. front end of bar 25 is widened andformed 4 andillustratingparticularly the means for with a longitudinal slot/28 having its rear holding the movable wall member in adend laterally offset as at 29. A headed stud justed positions; p f, I 30 is fixed in the container top '11- and pro- F ig. 6 is a fragmentary transverse secjects freely through the slot 28,- serving the tional view illustrating a modified arrangedoublepurpose of guiding the bar 25 and 'ment'o'f thedoor operating means; 7 holding the cap open 'byengagingdn the Fig. 7 is a fragmentary central longituf offset 29. a dinal section ofthe parts shown in Fig. 6. The partition 18 is bent rearwardly'at the As here shown my improved container .top thereof in a spout-likeform as at 18' is shaped, and has an exterior appearance, to join'the rear end Wall 13, while the cap,

corresponding to 'a book, the sidewalls of 22 has its interior closed by an inside wall" 'istry with the mouth of the container,

raised above the bottom of the container when the size of the carton renders this necfinger 41 by a coiled essary. I if desired these spikes -35 may be mounted on the partition 18 instead of the plate 14 if so desired.

To hold the plate 14 in proper adjusted position a pair of rack-elements 36 extend along the top and bottom walls of the container and are adapted to be engaged by bolts 37 vertically slidable in housings 38 fixed to the upper and lower ends of plate 14. Each bolt 37 is normally urged to released position by means of a coiled expansion spring 39 surrounding the same in the housing 38 and bearing upwardly against a collar 40 fixed to the bolt. This collar 40 has a rigid depending ratchet finger 41 which is engaged by pin 42 transversely slidable in the housing 38 to hold the bolt 37 engaged with the rack 36. The pin 42 is normally urged to position engaging the ratchet expansion spring 43 surrounding the same in a housing and hear ing on a collar 44 fixed to the pin. The pin.

42 and bolt 87 have projecting heads 42 and 37'.

. plate 14.

der said rack, through The plate 14 preferably has a movable hinge connection with the bottom 12 of the container, permitting it to be swung out of the container, for insertion of a new carton therein, without being from the container. As here shown the, bottom rack 36'is raised above the bottom of the container, leavinga longitudinal slot 45.1m-

which is passed a bail-like rod 46 fastened at its ends to the To provide for the proper centering of cartons of lessv width than the container a pair of flat springs 48 are fixed at their front ends to the side walls 10, just under the top 11, and have their rear ends sprung in toward one another asshown in Fig. 4, these rear ends being moved out against the side walls when full width cartons are inserted in the container.

It is believed that the manner of use of my improved container will be readily understood from the above description. When 7 a new carton is to be inserted. the pins 42 are pulled, releasing bolts 37 which are thrown back by the springs The plate 14 may then be swung hack and a new carton inserted. the plate being then moved into entirely detached contact with the carton and the bolts 37 reengaged with the racks 36 by pressing on their heads 37.- To aid in removing the empty carton from the container a flat spring 49 may be fixed to the rear face of partition 18 and may have a bowed end projected through a slot 18 in the said partition.

in Figs. (5 and 7 of the drawings I have shown a modified arrangement of the door or cap operating means in which the cap is fixed to a pintle 23 carried under the top 1 1 and having a crank element 24 engaged by a bar 25 slidable under the top 11 and having a thumb-piece 26 extending up through; a slot 50 in the top 11, it being understood; that this slot will have alateral offset in its front end similar to theoffset in slot 28. In Fi g. ,6 I have shown the side-walls 10 as pro vided with inwardly projecting top flanges; 10 which enable the containers to be-piledl one on top of the other if desired. v

Although it is generally. desirable to. re-v tain the packaged material in, its original carton when placed inthe container itis derstood that a metal container especially. constructed to fit container 10 may replace carton 19 if so desired. I

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect-by Let pars Patent'of the United States -isas follows:

- 1. In acontainer for packaged foodstuffs, a movable wall element, a pair of rack members at opposite ends thereof, and bolts carried by said movable wall element, and on gaging said racks, springs normally urging said bolts to released posit-ion, ratchetfim gers fixed to said bolts, and'spring pressed pins engaging said. ratchet fingers to hold said bolts in looking position.

2. A container having-a discharge opening, a cap'closing said opening, a hinge pintle to which said cap is attached, a crank element on said hinge pintle, a slide-bar connected at one. end to said crank element, said slide-bar having its opposite encl formed with a longitudinal ofiset at one end, anda headed. stud projecting through said slot.

3. A container for packaged foodstuffs comprising a casing of book-likeiform having a discharge openingatone corner thereof, the rear end wall of said casing being fixedand of rounded cross section, thefront end wall being in the form of --a;movable plate, and a transverse partition in said-casing a short distance in front of'said rear wall and having its upper end curved backward in spout-like form to meetsaid rearcomprising a casing of book-like form having a discharge opening at onecorner. there of, one wall of said casing being in the/form of a movable plate, and a springoarried by thewall opposite to the movable plate, said the opposite Wall and having a portion propartition having an opening therein, and 'a jected normally into the body of the conspring fixed at one end to said partition and tainer toward the said movable Wall; havingits opposite end-normally projecting. 5 5. A container for packaged foodstuifs through said opening toward the said mov 1 comprising a casing having a discharge able plate. opening at one corner thereof, one of the In testimony whereof I have affixed my Walls opposite thesaid corner being in the signature. I a l form of a movable plate, a transverse par- .f I p 1 tition in said casing a short distance from JEREM IA H HORAN. v 

